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This rapid transcontinental settlement and these new urban industrial circumstances of the last half of the 19th century were accompanied by the development of a national literature of great abundance and variety. New themes, new forms, new subjects, new regions, new authors, new audiences all emerged in the literature of this half century. As a result, at the onset of World War I, the spirit and substance of American literature had evolved remarkably, just as its center of production had shifted from Boston to New York in the late 1880s and the sources of its energy to Chicago and the Midwest. No longer was it produced, at least in its popular forms, in the main by solemn, typically moralistic men from New England and the Old South; no longer were polite, well-dressed, grammatically correct, middle-class young people the only central characters in its narratives; no longer were these narratives to be set in exotic places and remote times; no longer, indeed, were fiction, poetry, drama, and formal history the chief acceptable forms of literary expression; no longer, finally, was literature read primarily by young, middle class women. In sum, American literature in these years fulfilled in considerable measure the condition Walt Whitman called for in 1867 in describing Leaves of Grass: it treats, he said of his own major work, each state and region as peers "and expands from them, and includes the world ... connecting an American citizen with the citizens of all nations." At the same time, these years saw the emergence of what has been designated "the literature of argument," powerful works in sociology, philosophy, psychology, many of them impelled by the spirit of exposure and reform. Just as America learned to play a role in this half century as an autonomous international political, economic, and military power, so did its literature establish itself as a producer of major works
1)All of the following can be inferred from the passage about the new literature EXCEPT ______ .
A. It was not highly regarded internationally
B. It broke with many literary traditions of the past
C. It introduced new American themes, characters, and settings
D. It spoke to the issue of reform and change
2)It can be inferred from lines 1-3 that the previous passage probably discussed _________.
A. the limitations of American literature to this time
B. the importance of tradition to writers
C. new developments in industrialization and population shifts
D. the fashions and values of 19th century America
3). It can be inferred from the passage that Walt Whitman _____________ .
A. disliked urban life
C. was an international diplomat
B. wrote Leaves of Grass
D. was disapproving of the new literature
4). The main idea of this passage is _____.
A. that the new American literature was less provincial than the old
B. that most people were wary of the new literature
C. that World War I caused a dramatic change in America
D. that centers of culture shifted from East to West
5). This passage would probably be read in which of the following academic courses?
A. International affairs
B. Current events
C. American literature
D. European historyRead t
1)All of the following can be inferred from the passage about the new literature EXCEPT ______ .
A. It was not highly regarded internationally
B. It broke with many literary traditions of the past
C. It introduced new American themes, characters, and settings
D. It spoke to the issue of reform and change
2)It can be inferred from lines 1-3 that the previous passage probably discussed _________.
A. the limitations of American literature to this time
B. the importance of tradition to writers
C. new developments in industrialization and population shifts
D. the fashions and values of 19th century America
3). It can be inferred from the passage that Walt Whitman _____________ .
A. disliked urban life
C. was an international diplomat
B. wrote Leaves of Grass
D. was disapproving of the new literature
4). The main idea of this passage is _____.
A. that the new American literature was less provincial than the old
B. that most people were wary of the new literature
C. that World War I caused a dramatic change in America
D. that centers of culture shifted from East to West
5). This passage would probably be read in which of the following academic courses?
A. International affairs
B. Current events
C. American literature
D. European historyRead t